Epson's Retail Revolution: Boosting Efficiency and Innovation at NRF 2025

As the retail landscape continues to evolve, so too must the technologies that support it. Epson, a global leader in imaging and printing solutions, is at the forefront of this revolution, showcasing its wide array of retail technology solutions at NRF 2025: Retail's Big Show. From Jan. 12-14 in New York City, Epson will highlight a comprehensive range of retail solutions designed to streamline checkout, improve inventory management, and enhance operational workflows, all while elevating the customer experience.

Epson's commitment to helping retailers operate more efficiently and effectively in a competitive market is evident in its diverse product offerings. Here's a sneak peek at some of the solutions you can expect to see at NRF 2025:

1. Mobile checkout: Epson's Mobilink™ compact receipt printers and OmniLink® mSeries thermal receipt printers offer sleek, rugged designs with enhanced connectivity, providing high-quality prints on-the-go. These solutions enable retailers to streamline the checkout process and improve customer convenience.
2. Embedded kiosk solutions: Epson's sleek and compact kiosk printer will be on display, integrated into the REDYREF interactive kiosk. Attendees can also demo the OmniLink TM-m30III housed in the Touch Dynamic self-service kiosk. These embedded kiosk solutions allow customers to interact with the store in a more engaging and efficient manner, enhancing their overall experience.
3. Traditional checkout: Epson's broad line of POS products are engineered for reliability and easy integration, fitting virtually any retail need. These solutions ensure a seamless and efficient checkout process for customers and employees alike.
4. Customer service: Epson's OmniLink liner-free thermal label printer helps retailers improve efficiency in serving customers and meeting the growing demand for digital orders or item labeling in-store. Whether utilizing buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS), curbside pickup, or delivery, Epson's solutions enable retailers to provide exceptional customer service.
5. Visitor management: Epson's ColorWorks® on-demand color label printers can produce full-color badges with color images and identifiers in one step, enhancing ID security and branding. These solutions are ideal for managing visitors, employees, or customers in various retail environments.
6. Grocery and deli: Epson's ColorWorks label printers are used by grocery stores, butchers, bakeries, and delis to elevate brand value and perceived quality with attractive and eye-catching full-color labels. Epson will showcase the integrated ColorWorks printer and Ishida Weigh Scale solution that can be used to create full-color labels in real time for prepared foods.
7. Shipping labels: Epson's Label Boost™ software gives businesses a way to transform black-and-white shipping labels into full-color marketing tools that can help increase customer engagement, reduce costs, and improve processes.
8. Back office: Epson's business printers, engineered with PrecisionCore® Heat-Free technology, are ideal for everyday store printing needs. Designed for high-volume jobs, models such as the WorkForce® Pro EM-C800 Color MFP use a Replaceable Ink Pack System to help minimize interventions and maximize productivity.
9. Pharmacy: Epson's ColorWorks label printers can be used to enhance labels and highlight critical information with color for patient identification, medication risks, allergens, instructions, and frequency of use.
10. Order fulfillment with Kitchen Display System (KDS): Epson's TrueOrder™ KDS kitchen display system digitizes kitchen operations to enhance productivity and streamline workflow, from food prep to order fulfillment and pickup/delivery. Attendees can experience first-hand how a KDS integrated with an interactive kiosk (embedded with an Epson receipt printer) and offerings from MicroTouch, Logic Controls, Elo, and Kitchen Armor can optimize operations and the ordering fulfillment process.
11. Kitchen printing: Epson's TM-U220II impact kitchen and receipt printer allows for online ordering and mPOS and PC-POS systems support for today's busy retail environments.
12. Flexible digital signage: Epson's PowerLite® 810E extreme short throw lamp-free laser display offers 4K Enhancement and is capable of a 160-inch image merely inches away from the wall, making it an ideal alternative to LED walls or multi-panel displays. With the sleek and versatile ELPCS01 Mobile Projector Cart (sold separately), retailers are able to easily transport the projector to transform nearly any wall into a larger-than-life display.

In addition to showcasing its retail technology solutions, Epson will offer visitors the chance to order a complimentary cup of coffee via its self-service technology at its "Seventy5 Café" in the Epson booth (#5413). This interactive experience allows attendees to witness first-hand how Epson's self-service technology can enhance customer engagement and convenience in retail environments.

Epson's participation at NRF 2025: Retail's Big Show is a testament to its commitment to helping retailers operate more efficiently and effectively in a competitive market. By demonstrating its wide array of retail technology solutions, Epson is poised to drive innovation and elevate the customer experience in the retail industry. Be sure to visit Epson at booth #5413 to explore its comprehensive range of retail solutions and witness the future of retail technology first-hand.

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